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Claude Monet
Vétheuil (1879)
oil on canvas
60.0 × 81.0 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1937
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Vétheuil
(1879)
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
60.0 × 81.0 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1937
Gallery location
Late 19th & early 20th Century Paintings & Decorative Arts Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
Vétheuil, a farming community on the river Seine, midway between Paris and Rouen, had only 622 inhabitants when Claude Monet moved there in April 1878. Throughout 1878 and 1879 Monet painted many views in and around Vétheuil, observing the town’s various aspects across the changing months, as seasonal light brought differing effects to its architecture and setting. Monet’s virtuoso manipulation of shimmering, iridescent hues imparts a summery, lyrical feel to this quintessentially Impressionist painting.
Artwork Details
Inscription
inscribed in grey paint l.r.: Claude Monet
Accession Number
406-4
Department
International Painting
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Subjects (general)
Cityscapes Landscapes
Subjects (specific)
churches (buildings) France (nation) reflections (perceived properties) rivers Seine River (river) sunlight towns Vétheuil (inhabited place)
Movements
Impressionism
Provenance
Purchased from the artist by Jacques Dubourg (dealer), Paris, October, 1880; sold to Galerie Durand-Ruel (dealer), Paris, on 9 January 1882; with Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1882–1935; with Arthur Tooth & Sons (dealer), London, 1936; from where purchased for the Felton Bequest, 1937.
Exhibited Monet, Pissarro, Renoir et Sisley, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1899, no. 6; Peintres impressionniste, La Libre Esthétique, Brussels, 1904, no. 95; Ausstellung VIII. Jahrgang, Paul Cassirer, Berlin, 1905, no. 42; exhibited Pictures by Boudin…, Grafton Galleries, London, 1905, no. 148; Manet-Monet, Miethke, Wien, 1910, no. 15; Cinquante ans de peinture française, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 28 May–12 July 1925, no. 157; Monet de 1865 à 1888, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1935, no. 30; Monet, Arthur Tooth & Sons (dealer), London, 1936, no. 17.